英語聽力：告訴你一生必知的事14：中國(guó)現(xiàn)代足球的發(fā)展
While football in China can trace its roots back to thousands of years ago, the modern game was brought to the country by British sailors at the end of the 19th century, and has until recent years struggled to establish a professional structure.
雖然足球與中國(guó)的淵源最早可以追溯至幾千年以前，然而直到19世紀(jì)末，現(xiàn)代足球才跟隨著英國(guó)水手登陸中國(guó)，并于近幾年才逐步建立起專業(yè)的組織結(jié)構(gòu)。
The Chinese Football Association(CFA), taking charge of the Chinese domestic soccer leagues and national teams, was founded in 1924. Seven years later in 1931, the CFA was affiliated to the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The CFA is currently responsible for the implementation(實(shí)施) of and compliance with existing and new rules , regulations and statutes of the AFC and FIFA.
負(fù)責(zé)管理中國(guó)足球聯(lián)賽及足球隊(duì)的中國(guó)足球協(xié)會(huì)(CFA)成立于1924年。7年后，也就是在1931年，中國(guó)足球協(xié)會(huì)加入亞洲足球聯(lián)合會(huì)(AFC)。如今，中國(guó)足球協(xié)會(huì)主要負(fù)責(zé)實(shí)施亞洲足聯(lián)以及國(guó)際足聯(lián)所設(shè)立的各種規(guī)則、制度以及法令。
In May 2004, the China Football Association Super League(CSL) kicked off(開球). Its goals are to promote high quality and high level competition, introduce advanced managerial concepts to the market, encourage the influx of higher quality foreign coaches and players, and gradually establish the European system for player registrations and transfers.
中國(guó)足球超級(jí)聯(lián)賽于2004年5月開始興起。該聯(lián)賽旨在促進(jìn)高質(zhì)量及高水平的比賽，引進(jìn)先進(jìn)的市場(chǎng)管理理念，鼓勵(lì)優(yōu)秀外國(guó)教練及球員的加入，逐步建立起有關(guān)球員入會(huì)及轉(zhuǎn)會(huì)的歐洲制度體系。
